Hat tip or lining.



(No Model.)

WITNESSES:

C. F. BEATTY.

HAT TIP 0R LINING.

(Application filed Nov. 29, 1901.)

Patented Mar. 18 I902.

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A ATTORNEYS UNrrien STATES CLAUDIUS F. BEATTY, OF -NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT TIP OR LINING.

SPECIFICATION forrm ng part of Letters Patent No. 695,853, dated March18, 1902. Application filed November 29, 1901. Serial No. 84,032. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it nmy concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUDIUS F. BEATTY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of New York, county of Kings, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Tipsor Linings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat tips or linings; and itsobject is to provide a hat tip or lining such that when placed within ahat it will be maintained therein by its own means and conform to theinterior conformation of the hat.

My invention is particularly applicable to that class of soft hats knownas Alpine and Fedora hats, wherein the crown is centrally andlongitudinally depressed. Heretofore linings have been secured to thecrown of hats by pasting or sewing the same therein; but this method isobjectionable in many ways and in the case of soft hats having the crownindented as above described is ineflicient and inapplicable.

In stiff hats it is customary and desirable to secure in the crownthereof a hat-tip for the purpose of indicating the name, maker,quality, 850., of the hat; but in soft hats with a depressed crown thisdesideratum had not before been effectually or satisfactorilyaccomplishedl My invention obviates these difficulties and objectionsand provides a tip or lining adapted to maintain itself against thecrown of a hat and conform to the conformation 'of the crown, said tipor lining being adapted to fit the depressed crown of a soft hat and tocarry thereon a hat-tip or, in lieu thereof, indications showing name,maker, quality, &c., of the hat.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings,designating the parts by numerals and referring to like parts by likenumerals. V

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, and Fig. 2 shows the samefitted in the crown of a soft centrally-indented hat and conforming tothe shape thereof.

More specifically, 1 is a strip of cloth or other suitable material,said strip being preferably narrower at its central portion than at itsends. Along the two side edges of the strip 1 I attach flexiblestiffeningstrips 2,said strips being made from a reed of bamboo or othersuitable material. These stiffening-strips preferably are of about thesize of an ordinary broom-straw and have merely sufficient strength tohold the lining up in the crown of the hat, while allowing the top ofthe hat to be depressed or knocked in to any extent or in any way thatmay be desired. The strips 2 being flexible permit the strip 1 toconform to the shape of the crown of a hat in which said strip isplaced, while being of sufficient stiffness to hold the strip 1 in placeagainst the crown, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

I fit my hat tip or lining in a hat by placing the ends thereof underthe sweat-band or securing them in any other suitable manner.

What I claim is- A hat tip or lining for soft hats of Alpine form,consisting of a strip of flexible material, narrower at its centralportion than at its ends and provided with flexible stiifening-stripsalong the two side edges thereof, whereby when the ends of said liningare inserted between the sweat-band and the adjacent sides of a hat,said lining will conform to the shape of the hat.

Signed by me at New York, county and State of New York, this 25th day ofNovember, 1901.

OLAUDIUS F. BEATTY.

W itnesses:

MAUI) O. CLYDE, PAUL BONYNG-E.

